“How many of them are there? Fifty? A hundred? Two hundred? OK, record my message and let them hear it. I will bring 100 criminals from Argentina who will kill them on the spot.”

Remarkably, Mauro Icardi wears the captain’s armband for the Serie A side but the latest in a long-line of controversial incidents – which includes his affair with former team-mate Maxi Lopez’s wife, whom he later married – may just leave the writing on the wall for the player.

Still, fans of Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal would take the player in a heartbeat despite all the baggage the South American brings with him…